SCHEDULE 4 - General Transitio SCHEDULE 4 - General Transitional and Savings Provisions

Section 87(2)

1.   Interpretation

In this Schedule –

commencement day means the day on which this Act commences;

previous Council means the Radiation Advisory Council established under section 4 of the repealed Act;

repealed Act means the Radiation Control Act 1977 as in force immediately before the commencement day.

2.   Pending licence applications

An application for, or for the renewal of, a licence under the repealed Act in relation to a radioactive material or electronic product, within the meaning of the repealed Act, is taken to be an application for, or for the renewal of, a licence under this Act in relation to a radiation source comprised of that radioactive material or electronic product.

3.   Existing licences

(1) A licence under the repealed Act that authorises the use, possession, sale, supply, purchase or storage of a radioactive material or electronic product, within the meaning of the repealed Act, is taken to be a licence under this Act authorising the carrying out of that activity in relation to a radiation source comprised of that radioactive material or electronic product.

(2) Except as provided by or under any other provision of this Act, a licence referred to in subclause (1) that is taken to be a licence under this Act continues in force until 31 August 2006 on the same conditions.

(3) The holder of a licence referred to in subclause (1) must pay any difference between the annual licence fee already paid by the holder in respect of that licence and the annual licence fee payable under this Act for the year commencing on the commencement day in respect of a licence to carry on the activities specified in the licence held.